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Singapore introduces AI in classrooms
Kyodo News, Published on 08/05/2024
» SINGAPORE - At Lakeside Primary School in Singapore, a trolley full of laptops is wheeled to the door of a fifth grade classroom where 30 or so students rush out to a hallway to retrieve them to learn mathematics using artificial intelligence.
'Black Friday' kicks off US shopping season amid economic unease
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» NEW YORK - US retailers' efforts to attract holiday gift buyers build to a crescendo this weekend as the "Black Friday" shopping day kicked off with big discounts.
US economic uncertainty means bigger 'Black Friday' discounts
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» NEW YORK - The retail sector's efforts to entice holiday gift purchases builds to a crescendo this weekend with the annual "Black Friday" shopping day followed by the newer "Cyber Monday."
Apple unveils iPhone 15 and switches to USB-C charger
New York Times, Published on 14/09/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO — Every September for the past decade, Apple has convened media from around the world for a marketing event that celebrates the creative feats behind its newest iPhone. It has hyped the shine of the phone’s exterior, the sculpting around its cameras and the power of its processors.
Apple unveils Vision Pro, its $3,500 headset
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» CUPERTINO (UNITED STATES) - Apple on Monday unveiled its first-ever mixed reality headset, challenging Facebook-owner Meta in a market that has yet to tempt users beyond videogamers and tech geeks.
Ten at a time funerals for quake victims
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» GAZIANTEP, Turkey: Green metal coffins were lined up 10 at a time under a shelter at Gaziantep's main cemetery on Wednesday for an imam to bless victims of Turkey's devastating earthquake before their hurried burial.
Virtual reality revives Iraq's war-ravaged heritage
AFP, Published on 29/08/2022
» MOSUL (IRAQ) - An Iraqi museum is using computer technology and virtual reality headsets to turn back time, so visitors can explore heritage sites destroyed by jihadist fighters and in battles to defeat them.
On Kyiv's eastern front, Ukrainians hold off Russian tanks
AFP, Published on 13/03/2022
» SKYBYN, Ukraine: Firing a constant barrage of artillery at the Russians, a troop of Ukrainian soldiers are keeping up morale: their shelling has so far stopped Moscow's tanks entering Kyiv from the east.
New Flight Simulator game takes off with French studio in cockpit
AFP, Published on 18/08/2020
» BORDEAUX - Many aircraft are still grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic, but would-be and real pilots took to the virtual skies on Tuesday with the first update in years of Microsoft's venerable Flight Simulator game.
Troubled waters: China-fuelled cruise boom sparks environment fears
AFP, Published on 11/07/2019
» SINGAPORE - Cruises are enjoying a boom fuelled in part by hordes of Chinese tourists taking to the high seas, but green groups warn a wave of hulking new liners may cause environmental devastation.